Peiro (2006): study ZZ 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Peiro, A.
- Title:
- Happiness, Satisfaction and Socio- Economic Conditions: Some International Evidence.
- Source:
- The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, Vol. 35, 348 - 356
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, 16 nations, 1995
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 16000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy. - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
-
Mean (3,13) is unweighted for number of respondents or populationsize in nations.
Mean/SD in nations:
Argentina 3,10/0,72; Australia 3,37/0,62; Chile 3,07/0,70; China 3,05/0,66;
Dominican R. 3,05/0,78; Finland 3,15/0,57; Japan 3,23/0,63; Nigeria 3,23/0,84;
Peru 2,91/0,82; Russia 2,50/0,73; Spain 3,05/0,59; Sweden 3,34/0,60; Taiwan 3,14/0,63; USA 3,40/0,63; Venezuela 3,48/0,64. - Page in publication:
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- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.13 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Mean (7,21) is unweighted for number of respondents or populationsize in nations.
Mean/SD in nations:
Argentina 6,93/2,31; Australia 7,58/1,88; Chile 6,92/2,14; China 6,83/2,42;
Dominican R. 7,13/2,47; Finland 7,78/1,55; Japan 6,61/1,90; Nigeria 6,82/2,62;
Peru 6,36/2,43; Russia 4,45/2,52; Spain 6,61/1,97; Sweden 7,77;1,81; Taiwan 6,89/2,03; USA 7,67/2,01; Venezuela 6,72/3,00.
In the questionnaire this question on life-satisfaction was preceded by a question on satisfaction with one's financial situation. - Page in publication:
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- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.21 -
- SD:
- - -